In forum, Levin answers
Yale President Richard Levin announced at an open forum last night that he will support the Yale College Calendar Committee's recommendation to cancel classes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He also said the University "certainly intends to do...
After turbulent years, optimism at Divinity
After five difficult years at the Divinity School under Dean Richard Wood GRD '65, students and professors hope the recent appointment of a new dean will reunite the campus. The departed Wood's tenure as dean, which saw the Divinity School rocked by...
Society captivates culinary connoisseurs
Plate after plate of luscious chocolate ginger cakes and succulent salmon gravlax was seductively lined up along the bar. Glowing lemon creme tarts were an arm's stretch away, but for a small group of hungry Yalies at the restaurant Zinc one lazy...
Students give low marks to high Broadway prices
With the latest entry to the Broadway retail area now open, many students say they welcome the upscale additions, but they are not ready to welcome the upscale prices. Urban Outfitters, the apparel-and-houseware chain found near many other Ivy League...
Two candidates emerging for Ward 7 position
When Ward 7 alderman Esther Armmand announced last month that she will not seek re-election, the race to replace her was wide open. Now, two candidates, both Yale-affiliated, have emerged. Two months after announcing he would not seek the Democratic...
For Jews at Yale, a struggle to be accepted
No one knows exactly how many Jewish students will be admitted to Yale this year -- because the days of mandatory quotas on Jewish students admitted to Yale are over. But for the majority of Yale's history, the number of Jews enrolled was a very...
Recruiter aims for diverse applicant pool
As admissions officers sent off boxes and boxes of acceptance and rejection letters for the Class of 2005 yesterday, James Nondorf '90 was already analyzing ways to attract students for next year's round of applicants. As Yale's first recruitment...
Smart Cookie stops brazen Sterling laptop thief
Library laptop thieves beware: Cookie's on guard. Yale police arrested a man Monday night shortly after he tried to sneak a student's laptop past Sterling Memorial Library guards by hiding it in the small of his back. After receiving a call from...
Judge rules against part of state sex offender law
U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Chatigny ruled Monday that Connecticut's sex offender Web site law, a component of Megan's Law, is unconstitutional. The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation had filed suit claiming the law denies sex...
